Sunday, 22 November 2015

On 21st August 2015 Reyaad Khan, a British citizen, was killed by Royal Air Force personnel who, as yet, remain unidentified.

According to a report yesterday on the BBC the "extra judicial killing" of Reyaad Khan (which also resulted in the death of Ruhul Amin, another British citizen, and another unnamed third victim) was carried out from an RAF base in the UK, which I take to be RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.

In the House of Commons on 7th September 2015 Mr. Cameron announced that the premeditated killings were the result of "meticulous planning".

Party to the decision to kill were, among others, David Cameron MP, Prime Minister, and Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defence.

Mr. Cameron told the House of Commons that there existed a "clear legal basis" in International Law for the killings.

Was I the only one to notice that Mr. Cameron didn't say anything about how domestic Law might apply to the killings?

Was I the only one to ask these questions:

Was the killing of Reyaad Khan, Ruhul Amin and another "murder" contrary to English Law?

Was the killing of Reyaad Khan, Ruhul Amin and another "murder" contrary to Scots Law?

English Law, by virtue of Section 9 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 makes the unlawful killing of a British citizen an offence triable in an English Court.

The situation in Scots Law is less clear.

On 13th November 2015 I wrote to Chief Constable Sir Stephen House of Police Scotland to ask Police Scotland to investigate three possible criminal offences by Mr. Cameron and Mr. Fallon:

Murder of Reyaad Khan, Ruhul Amin and another, contrary to Scots Law and/or English Law?